Coin handling machine



H. OLSEN 1,901,529

COIN HANDLING MACHINE March i4, 933.

2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Maranza, 1951 iNvENToR lira/Rr LSEN 5931. U fyb ATTORNEY March 14, 1933. l H, OLSEN 1,901,529

' G01N HANDLING MACHINE l Filed March 23. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENToR Hf/vr dz. SEN

ATTORN EY Patented Mar. 14, 1933 leo-152e' HENRY crean, or MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA com HANDLING MACHINE Applicarmn me@ Marcil. 23.19.31. serial. ramena; i

i This. invention relates to. a coin operating` pensing i lt is'y a turther object of the invention to Y partly in the passage through y a member movable between said. 'surface and annular wall for rotating said and particularly to suchy adevice device which yis operated for the` purpose of dis-y pensing an article. It. isnow common tohave coin operated dispensing machines andwhile.

theV present device isfapplicable to various d ispensing niachines, one practical use to. which the device has been put is. the operationot V,dispensingdevices. for` bottled liquids. Some bottled liquids sell for ten cents-.Qa bottle, 'including'the glass bottle, and it is desirablev lin al dispensing device for such goods, toV have a coin operated device which willreceive either nickels or dimes. It oft'enhappens that the passer-byor would be patron isnotl provided withI adime butwill have two nickels. It is, also desirable-.to have a @coin operated devicey which .is quite simple andy which can be made rugged and willfb'e easily operated. A

Itis an object of this. invention, therefore,

'to` provide a simple and eiiieient coinoperated device of novel structure.

It is a further object oi the invention to providel a coin operated device operated by a rotatable member'for actuating the dismeans.

provide a coin operatedv device comprisinga casing having a cylindrical chamber, a member rotatable therein and .having a cylindri-- cal chamber vthus having anl annular wall, vsaidcasing a d annular wall having openlings therethrough for the passage of a coin; said member having meansftherein having a surface substantially Iparallel to said annular wall engageable by a coin to. hold the'same said annular Wall, and

"member to engage saidcoin and operating a dispensing mechanism.

These and other obgectsfand advantages oi the invention will be fully set forth in the .following description madel in connection v withv the accompanyingdrawings, in which likeI reference characters refer to similar parts throughout .the several viewsyandin where-c f Fig`.`1 isa view partlyyin front. elevation .une .es-6. of rig. e.

4thereof,.which'iian ge and partly .in vertical section, taken substanf tiallygon line 1-1 of Fig'. 2'; 1-

Fig. 2 isa horizontal section. takenionV lineA 1,l as indicated the arrows;

' Fig. 3isfapartial view in front 'elevationzi certain parts. being broken away.;

' Fig. 4 is. a vertical section ltaken Online 4-4 of Fig. 3, as indicated by thelarrows.; 4 Fig. 5, is-'a view in iront elevation in, one part of the device; and` v p f ....Fig. 6 is a view in vertical section taken. on

a' Referring .to the. shown comprising a casing y10` having aiiange 10a extend'ng about .the greater 'portion A *y is securedlblythe screws 11 tofa plate 12 :which Inayfform the ront; plate ot the` dispensing ymachine with ywhich the device 1s used. The casingfcomprises portions. 10b and 100 of vgeneral cylindrical form,

which portions have .therein cylindrical chambers. p p concentric with said cylindrical chambers, and Qsaid hubs have secured thereinshafts.13y and 14srefi spectively. The. shaft 1 3 is shown as .held in dravvii-lgs,z a devicel is.'

Said portions are l.prog'vded with. hubs. 10d and loerespectively position by the setscrewl andtheshaft 14n` is shown as held in position by the setscrew 1 6, said set screws4 eXte-ndingthrough hubs 10d andv 10e respectively. A member .is

disposed in the cylindrical chamber portion .106, .which vmemberv is vof general cylindrical or annularshapeand has'a hub 17a journaledv on lshaft 13. Meinberlf? at its periphery is provided with teeth 17]) thus constituting a spur gear. The portion 10c of member 17 adjacent hub. 10d which willbel is of smaller diame; and-is provided vwith ratchet teeth'l'd as called y the rear portion, ter than the portion 17 b a plurality of pairs of shown. in Fig. 1. These teeth` are adapted i to. cooperate with a pawl memberv 18 yextending through a slot in. i the'portion 10b` adfacent the rear of said por tion and is pivoted'on a stud 19 threadedinto Vthe rear portion. of member 107).. Pawl 18.is formed aty its outer `portion with'the round ther cylindrical.Sideor edend constituting acounterweight andi jat its inner. portion is provided withteeth-like portions 18av and 1186A at opposite sides,

ametrically Y oppositepoints.

Member 17 at its front portion has an annular wall or flange 17e forming a cup-like front and a circumferential flange 17';c extends some distance inwardly towardthe hub 17a, the outer surface of the same meeting the inner surface of the flange 17e at a right angle. Said flanges 17 e and 17f thus form an annular troughor chamber in the front portion of member 17. thereto a plate 20, the front of which is shown in Fig. 1, said plate lying flat against the front of flange 17;c and havingone circumferential portion 20a parallel to and spaced fromthe inner side of flange 17e and'having another circumferential portion. or vsurface 20?) spaced a greaterdistance from and substantially parallel tov the dinnerv surfacefof ange 17e, surface 20?) at one end curving outwardly as shown at 20c to the portion 20a in a "concave surface andat its other end extending outwardlyto portion 20a as shown at'20d in a convex curve or surface. Another member 21 is j ournaled on shaft 13, the same' having ya hub 21a'offcylindrical form which projects through and lits in an opening in the plate '12. Member 21 has a circular lateflilre portion vadjoining hub 21a and a' circumferential flange 21'?) ,projects inwardlyv .from this portion, thus forming ashal# low cylindrical chamber. The flange 21?)l does not extend entirelyabout member 21 but is interrupted at opposite sides as shown in rigs. 1, 5 ande; said sangen thusdivided into: two portions, each of which has one end 210; of rounded form and has itsk other end" 21dV beveled to a point on a slight curve, the pointofthe flange being at the inner side thereof.. i Vshown in Fig. 2, Vthe flange 2lb is disposed betweenl the periphery of member 2O and the flange 17e. Hub21a hasfitted thereon the hub of crank handle 22 secured to hub 21a by the setscrew 23, said crank 22 having a handle portion 22a at its outer end. The member 10 has a portion lOf projecting upwardly and outwardly therefrom at its upper right hand side'asshown in Fig. 1,.the portion 10]@v being substantially circular and having a cir,- cumferential flange 109,; thus forming a cyf lindrical recess in portion 10f. Some distance within lflange 10g recessedto forma chamber 10i, and this chamber is connected by a passage 10]?. to theV cylindrical chamber in portiony 10d, passage 107i being'shown as flaring toward the portion 10b. The passage 10h yalines with a passage 17g through the flange 17e and these passages are located so that their rear side is substantiallyflush with the front side of flange 177i. lMember 17 has two of the passages '17g' therein located at substantially di- The recess within flange k10g has vfitting therein'a'thi'n plate 24 which has secured centrally thereof and projecting outwardly therefrom axially vof said plate extends The shaft 13 has keyed.

Figs. 1 and 3 and this `When member 21 is in place as.

portion 10; is further of said recess a stem 25 which will extend beand a slot 246 .concentric lwith theperlphery fora considerable distance, the slot passing through the plate 24. y Member 10)c has an upwardly projecting portion 10,7' shown in has'therein a slot 10k adapted to receive acoin-such as a dime or silver ten cent piece26. When recess 24a is in the position shown in ig. 3, the coin 26 passingdown slot 107..l cangpass thereinto as shown in Figf3. Plate 24 has formed adjacent its periphery'a circumferential slot 24o which extends somewhat over 180fabout its edge, andthe end 4ofI screw 27 projects into tl'iisslot When plate 24'is' lin the position .shown in Fig. 3,'screw 27 is-at the end of slotl 24candplate` 24 cannot bev turned'any further in acounter-clockwise directionlfAnf otherplate'f28 overlies'the plate 24 andthe portionflO)c within theV flange 10g and this plate has therein and passing therethrough a slot 28a concentric with the stem 25 and'having-itssides sloping y in Figs'l, 3 and 4. Thebottom of slot 27a has aradial width somewhat less thanV thel diameter of a dime.

Plate 28 also has fa slot 282'),V therein substantially the same size and adapted to aline with therecess 24a. 'Another plate 29 overliesvplate28 and 'this'also hasla"recess 29a therein which alines with recesses 24a and 286';` Plate 29 vhas another slot or recess 295 therein, part of which is shaped the same and coincides .with the slot 28a, but which also includesa straight por# tion 290 extending'tothe flange 10g at a point substantially oppositethe slot 10k and said flange 10g also has with portion 290. Portion 107c 'has secured to Vitsirear side bea-rings 302m which is journaled a small pin or shaft 31 to which `is secured between said bearings a pin' 32'. Pin 32 is normally urged forwardly by a sear spring an opening 10m alining at one side of recess 24a j downwardlyV as shown 1 33, one end of which bears y`against saidpin Y and lthe other end of which is securedto the bacl'r of portion 10]c by the screw 34. Pin 32 projects through a slot 10s in portion 10i.

The portion 10c of casing 10 as state'd'ha's l therein a cylindrical chamber and a'member 36 is disposed in said chamber, said member being of substantially the same shape asV the member 17 although of smaller diameter and comprising an external spur gear portion 36a and a rear hub portion 365 engaging the bottom of the chamber in portion 10c. Member 36 has a flange or wall 36e at its front portion defining a cylindrical member 37 is keyed' tothe shaft' 14 and lies chamber, and a" plate flat against thebottom of this chamber. Y Member 37 as shown in'Fig; 1 hasacircum- 130 ly the passages ierential portion faspaoedfromand paia'l.v lel to the inside offiianige 36b and has anothercircumferential portion 37b spaced :az-greater.

distance from `and also parallel tothe inner side off-flange or `wall 36?), the surface 37b merging into' the surface' 37a in concavey curved surfaces. member 38 is alsojcmgrnaled on the shaft 14, the same having ac'fylinl drical portion received Withinlthe flange 365 and a hub portion V,38a extending through and fitting. in an opening in the plate 12.A Member- 38 has avflange 38?) whichI isdisposed hef tween member 3 7 andtheinner-side of iianglel l3622 and Vthis angeSb 'is in' tvvoportions vtion 10;? ezdnendingl upwardly from portion 10c which is similarfin all respects 'gto the .portion 10f already desf-zribed,except `that the extension '10j extendsupwardly tothe right as shown `in'Fig. 1, Whereas the portion I 10gl at the other sideextends upwardly to the leit. lPortion lOf has therein the plates 24, 28 and A29 as already described, as `Well as the stem 25. Pinl 32 and associated parts are also duplicated. The member 10l has between the "u hubs 10d and 10e another hub 10a in which is journaled a shaft 41, This shaft has se'- cured thereto Within the casing 10 a gear42 which meshes with` they gear' portions 17o and 36a.vv yShaft 41 lis 4also journaled in a bearing formed in the front portion .ofcasing 10.' Apassage 10p leads from portion 210] .into the cylindrlcal chamber inV portion 100 and the Waller flange 36b-has a passage36dI therethrough adapted tov aline with vpassage 10p. The casing 1()l also haspassages 10g leading from the cylindrical chambers in por tions 10b and 100', which passages are sub.- stantially diametrically opposite respective- 10]:l and 10p and thepassages 10g open into a dovv-nvvarditi extending chute 101.

In operation the shaft 41 will be connect'- ed to a dispensing mechanism so fthat when it is turned a certain amount, an article will be dispensed. W'hen a patron Wishes'to secure an article which sells ortenxcents, he will placera ten cent piece inthelspout 10j shown at the right of Fig.' 1 .vk The`coin'26 will travel down' into the 'position shown in 3, or to the dotted line position `shown in ig. 1.' A t thisv time therecess 24a isin the position show-n in'Fig. l3 so-'that the-c0in will passthereilnto. The member-24 and stern 25 may be, if desired,turned' to thisI position by a torsion spring. The-operator having paced moin inthe-.awww mns. ,Stem 25.-'

to theeright,'or` in .a -clockveisedireotion Blate '24a `moves ina kclockwise direction and the coin-'is lcarried around in recess 2da-until',

saidrecessaalines with passage l0..b,`Whe,I1the coin will pass .through passage11OL-and will also pass yinto passage 17g11'ntil-it sti'kcs the surface' 120.15` of member. 20, .asshovv-n` 1nl Fig; The dime or ten'centtpiece-travels heneathfplates 28 and 2,9, and.ftsqedges;are`

beneath fthe plate 28.", Ita; person should put in asma'llerrcoin thana dimmi-.Such asajstrect" car token, when the-plate:-2lfisaturned,.fthe

small coinewould pass'. .oven- 19in `32 ,and Said.

pin woul'dfbe pushed-'fupwardlyby spr-ing 33 said :pinpass'ing through @the Vs'lot 2412 :and the pin wouldjthrow vthexsmall coin out ithioughl the slots'b and 29mm .thefrplates's28 andr29-- Should a coin :or xslug :having-a hole there?A throughbe'rplacediin the machinethe pini@ sothat the coin :will

will spring into the hole not :operate-'the machine. After-,the coinv has dropped. ,down into contact Withmcmher 20,

th'e-'patromA :following the directions, will turn'.- e

crank 22; This will tunnfmemherZl-fndthe roundedrend 216.015 oneaof the ange portions of.flange1:21b. Willv move into". the,l 'poSitiOn shown in Fig'...1 and'fe'ngagenthefcoin; -The coin will-'nowbepushed against; theilower y edgeolslot Hyland W'lllock ymember 21, to member S17.; Asthe crank 22is turned, theres fore, `member .1 7is turned.- Whenmember lturns', it operates. throughfits gearteeth 175 the .gear 412 and shaft 41 isturned. Meme` ber lyfV is '.turned about 1 one-half: revolution untill the ooinereachesthe openingltlq, when itfwill pass `.out throught-the: opening l*17g and'throughftheopening l'gto ithe chutelOrf to thecashV boX.- Shaft .-41 `has `beenturned suiciently :to dispense .fthe article.- 1 Should thev patronqnot` have a dime', but have two nickels or. vefcent `pieces,'he will use-the u spout V10j. 'shownet'the :left in; Fig; 1.. #T he com'. will trav-el down.- as already -.describedr into the recess 24a .offplate 2.4: and the. patron will-turn ytheV stem `25in a counter'fcloekwise direction. The sloty 28a is fof a. Widthpso that the edges of the-nickelzwill be disposed under the-plate 28.v Shouldxa coin orpiece ivhichvis narrower than the rslot 28a be placed inthe machine, it will b,e..thi'oWI-1".o1l by pin 32 which Willv snap up through-the slot` 24J; and -eject the coin. y Whenplate 211 has` been turned suiiiciently, recess v24er will aline with passage.. 10p and the nickelwil-l. drop down through this-passage 'ndf-through .peni-ng 36d, intogcontact with surace B'ho member 3.7 asfshown-in Fig. .-1. The patron will noWturn-crank 39... in aclockwise directiOn,.`-and tthis Will turni memberl 3:8. The rounded end of 'one .portionof HangeBSb will then engagelth'e nickel.- or= coin andthe edgelof the ycoinvvill bepushed againstithe edge of slot36df and member V36W-ill begturned with member.- 38. This1-move1nent== of miem f bers36 and 38 -together'cvvill'v continue vuntil the coinreaches the -opening .10gl when 1ty will passI out through said opening and into the cash boX through chute 107'. v.The gear portion 36a of .member 36 is just one-half thesizeof'gear,` portionsfl'b, or in other words, has one-half asvmany teeth. The

stated movement vof member Y36, therefore7 is not sufficient to turn gear 42 to have another article dispensed. The patron therefore must place f another nickel in f the vmachine, y .and

` when'thisis engaged by the flange 386- andy member 36 again turned, the gear teeth 36a willagain turn gear 42 softhat thegear will now.'` be turned suiciently to turn shaft 41 far enough-to dispense the article. It therefore takes two operations of member -36 in .turning gearv 42and`shaftv 41 vto dispense the article so `that the patron must placentwo nickels in the machine .'It. will'be seen'that When'the 'coin isv moved around by the ends of flanges 211i: or`38b, that the curved portion.

20d of member 20 or the correspondingpor-` tiongof `member 37 will move or cam the swing the/.teeth 18a into engagement with the next tooth; -[t will befseenV from the position y y of the device inV Fig. l thatthecounter weight portion'offpawl 18"hangs downwardlysoV that the tooth 18?) is in'Y` position to engage the ratchet' teeth 17d to prevent any'reverse movement of member :17 or crank 22. When Qtooth 18?) is engagedby'theV-tooth 17d adjacent the. ratchet tooth, it is oscillatedso that'tooth 18a is brought into engagement with the ratchetl and the pawl thus acts somewhat as Aan escapement, and as stated, preventsspinning of memberV 17.l The dog must thus Vbefcontinuously operated and .it slows .up the movement of the member-2l. It will be seen that if'there is no coin in the machine, that when cranks 22 and 39 are turned, the members 21 and 38 will simply revolve idly on the shafts 13 and 14.` The pointed ends of flanges 2lb and 386, when members 21 and 38 Aare turned in a counter-clockwise direction, will ycam the coin in slots 17g and=36d respectively back intoithe passa-ges 10h and 10p respectively. It is thus necessary to turn the members 21 and 38 in a clockwise Y direction to 4operate the machine.

From the 'above description it is seen that applicant has provided al simple `and efficient coins operated device for receiving a coin and operating a..dispensing mechanism. The

deviceY is iquitefiggedfand yetitl is"l easy to operate. A Thecoins arepositively handled rious changes m'aybe-maderin theQform, deg-q.-r Y tails,1arrangement and proportionsiof thev parts, without departing, from the scope lof applicants invention', which generally stated,- consists in adevice capableof {carrying-:out the objects above-set forth, in thefvpartsand combinationof parts disclosed and defined inV 1. -A coinoperated devi'cehaving'n com- Y.

bination, aL casing, a member Vfreely Vmovable in-saidvcasi-ng and` adaptedto actuate a disa pensing mechanism, said casing having afwall adapted to-retain a coin. and provided with inlet and'outletpassages for-said coin, a secondv memberl having a surface spaced, from and parallel to said wall to definea runway for said coin, and a third member,- having a portionmovable in said runway to engagethel. edge of said coin therein and vmove said rst mentioned member thereby, said second lmember being ,means thereon foricausing said coin to movetoward said outlet passage. v 1 j. 2. A coin operated device. havingin coms bination, .a casing, a mem'ber'freely movable in fsaidcasing and adapted toa'ctuatea dis-V pensing mechanism, said member ,having a wall, adjacent said. ,casi-ng and forming a cylindrical chamberl in -sai'd".member, said casing and Wall `having a. passage Y there-Y through for, the passage of a,coin,.a second member disposed in said chamber havinga peripheral surfaceparagllel toithe inner side of said casing andengageable Iby said coin to hold saidcoin partway in saidjpassage and form aguide means for ythe edge of said coin, and a member movable betweenl said surface and the inner side of said wall to engageY one edge ofsaid coinfand move said firstmentioned member by engagement ofthe edge 'of arcoin therewith at said passage. d

3. .A- coin operated device having in combination,1a casing having al cylindricalfchamber therein, a member disposed and rotatable in said chamber having an annular wallmovf able adjacentthe `wall of said chamber, said casing and wall havingVv alining passages therethrough to permit .the passage of a coin, means disposedwithin said annular wall having a surface substantiallyV parallel therewith to` hold .the coin partly liny said! passage andV to form withzsaid` casing andannular 'passage for'said coin; andxhaving a portion of its peripheryA shaped: tori-form'k an ejecting 'means for said coin and a 'member having'a 4port-ion; movable between said: surface and said annular'wall to'engage'said coinand ro. tate said ii'r'st mentionedmeinber by? engagement of the cointherewitfh, said coin moving with its central axis parallel tothe axis of said rotatable'member'. l e

, 4: A coineoperateddevice having incombinatioma cylindrical casing, a: member rotatable therein having anv annular w-alhfsaid casingahaving apassage therethrough adja- Cent its upper side and havinga passage therethrough adjacent ,its'lower side for the passage ora coin, said annular wall having a passage adapted to alinerwith said passages, a

second member disposed within saidz member andhaving af peripheralsurface a-'portion of 'which is parallel to said annular `wall and engageable by a coin passing through said openingsto holdsaidlcoin'partly in the opening in said first/ mentioned member, another portion of said peripheral .surface being formedJ es' a cam tomovesaid coin through said-lowerpassage, said coin moving with -its eentralaxis parallel to the axis of said irst mentioned member, and a third member rotatablein said second member having a portion disposedbetween said'surface and wall to engage said coin and rotate said first ymenti@ned member. Y e y f 5r vccoin operated device having' in combi,- natio'jn, a casing' having a cylindrical chamber therein, a horizontal shaft secured in said casing axiallygoif said chamber,V a member 'rotatableinsaid chamber journaled on said shaft andhavng; a eylindrieal chamber therein thus having an annular wall and havinga flat surface adj acentsaidwall at right angles to its axis, said Vcasing having assages therethrough located above and bellow. said shaft respectively for the passage of a coin, said annularV wall havi-noa ,passage therethrough adapted to alinewithsaid passarres, a plate secured lto said shaft havin ga sur ace parallelV to said annular wall and engageable by a coin to hold the same partly in said vpassage through said annular wall, and a member rotatable on said'shaft having-'an annular portion rotatable between said surface and annulari wall to engage said coin and,l move the same against said-rst mentioned member to rotate the same, said latsurface acting as a guide -forthe flat side of saidcoin, wherebysaid passage through. said annular wall is moved-'frein-` the passage in said casing above said shaft to the passage in said casing; belo'wsaidv shaft. and said Coin `drops through the latter passage.v l l k6. -Ar-coin operated device having in com,- bination, 'a casinghaving cylindrical cham-- bers therein, a shaitsecured each lchamber axially thereohlrotatable means connected to: saidlshafts for operatnga dispensing mechanismya member `rotatable on ,eachv of said shafts and disposed-ineach of said-chambers, each ,of said membershavingai cylindrical chamber therein, said casing ha-ving, at the upper side-ot said` shafts passages-leading into thechambers-y therein respectivelyy f adaptedl to'fpermit coins of one size to; pass into one chamberand coins ofl a different size to pass into theotherfchamber, means assof ciated with each chamber for receiving guiding a cointosaid-passages,l said members having openingsv therethrough alining with the' openings, in their; respective` chainbers topermit thepa-ssage of: a coin thereto,

and rotatable means oneach: of said-*shaftsV adapted to engage said coins andI rotate the' members journaled on said` shaftsl respectivef ly by said coins saidcasing having passages leading Jfrom said; chambers for the discharge of coins, one otsaidv shafts'bein connected to' said first mentionedmeans wit a one-to-one said casinghaving a passage therethrough for therpassagexof a com, amember: movable 1n said chamber, means conneetingsaidinem:

ber toa dispensingimechanism, sai-d'menifber,

,having means for. yreceiving a coin through said passage,2 a; memberv engageable `by said coin tohold it ina-certainV relationlto said member and to guide it in movement-:of said member, and a third member movable telar' tively to said ,last-f mentioned; member to fengage 4the edge of said-ceintand'p-ush the same with its edge against saidy first mentioned member to move the'flatter, said casingffhav-- ingv a discharge outlet ,for sai-d:l coin and said .second member having; means .fori moving said coin towards-said outlet.-` e' f' 8.. A coin operated, device having incombination,` a casing having av cylindrical chainiber therein, saidfgcasing having anyinlet passagefor a coin` and? an outlet paage for acoin, a memberfrotatable. inl saidfcham berV and' also havingfachamber therein, a "stationary plate ldisposed in,v said -latter chamber, said, member: 'having'- a. passage through-whichI ai coin can pass fromwsaid 'inletfp'assage to :saidlattenchamben'said plate havingaJ surface engageable-by said coin tohold thexsamez partlyV inwsaid las-t1 mentioned passage, said fsurface. being formed to guide saidfcoinfin'said latterchain- 4ber and move the-same 1 toward said outlet passage, and a lmeinfher rotatable imsaid'last mentioned; chamber4v between said i `plate A and said member, for: engaging saidy coinand pressing the same'against'said memberto J y rotatethe same and'to move saidcoin tol said outlet passage,v saidIv member being thus-:rotated .to-actuat'e said Vdispensing means; e. Y 9. The structureset,termin-claim"Sgesaid last mentioned member having means there# n preventing reverse rotation thereof.

1'0. A coin operated devicehaving in combination, a Vcasing having a chamber therein, a shafty securedY in said casing extending through said chamber axially thereof, a memv Vberrjournaled on said shafthaving a spur chamber-thereim a plate secured to vrsaid Y shaftrand` dispose-d in the passage in said member Aadapted tofbe engaged by "said coin t'o hold the said coin in abutting relation to said member, and having a surface parallell to the internal-'surface offsaid, chamber, and a member journaled onA saidshafthaving a flange adaptedto passfbetvveen said plate and member in the chamber in said member to engage said `coin andvmove the same against said member to rotate -said mem'- ber, sai'dplate having a surface adjacent said 'outlet opening-to direct ,said'coin towards said outletopening.y 'fr l llrThefstructureset forth Vin claim 10,'a pla-,tesecured to said casing having an opening therein, said last vmentioned member havjing ai hubvprojecting through said opening and means secured to said hub for rotating said last mentioned member.

12.1l Thev structuresetforth in claim 10, lsaid first mentionedfmember having -a -portion with ratchet teeth thereon and a pawl iqpivoted to said casing having atoothed portion extending intosaid casing to engage 'saidteeth and havinga handle portion'` eX- tending to the outside of said casing. y

Acoinoperated device having inl combination, a casing, a'shaft'journaled in saidy casing,a gear on said shaft, a pair of shafts secured in said casing and disposed at either sideof saidshaft, members journaled on said last mentioned I shafts respectively, each formed as aispur'gear meshing with vsaid first mentioned gear, separatemeans for rotating said last mentionedmembers respectivelybymeans'of a c oin, said vcasing and members having passagesl extending therei through for receivinglsa'id coin, one of said vmembers beingadapted to receive acoin of Yone-'size and the other member'being adapted to receive a coin of al different size, said casing having outlet passages forsaidcoins to which n 60 v'said coins Vare moved by said members.`

14:.A coin operateddevice having in combination, a casing, a shaft journaled in vsaid casing adapted to operate a dispensing mechamsm, a gearv secured to said shaft, a pair offmembers `rotatable :in said casing having tioned gear, sep'aratemeans for respectively rotating said members .by means` 0f coms of vdifferent sizes, saidvmemb'ers being rotatedv in member havinga flange adjacent said wall` and having. a flat .surfaceextending substantially at right angles to said flange, a second member having -a surface spaced fromsaid v ,WallY to define arunvvayffor said'coin, said coin'movi'ng With'its flat'y sideparallel to said Vflat surface, and a member movable in said runway "for engaging the edge of said coin and' moving it against-'said first mentioned member to move the flatter, said first menf y tioned membery having openings: forming an inlet and outletifor saidrunway, said second member having a 1 portion lfor camming Y said cointowards said outlet. A'

' 16; A coinv operated devicevhavingincombin ation, a casing having a cylindrical chaml ber therein, a shaft secured in said casing eX- tendino` through said' chambervco'axiall therewith, a member rotatablefon Vsaid shaft adapted to operate a dispensing devicenhaving a flange movable closeto thefwallof said casing, said member havinga'llat surface'at right angles to its Yaxis adJacent saidfflange Vthus having aicylindrical .chamber therein, said casing and flange having inlet and outlet passages Vforr coins therethrough, a disl;

secured to said shaft havingonesideagainst said flat surface and having 'a peripheral surface 'spaced from and parallel' tothe inner vwall of lsaid flange and casing,-a disk-like member journaled on said shaft and having 1 a flange disposed and movable between said Y first mentioned flange and disk to movea coin against said vfirst mentioned member at. one of fthe passages therethrough toffturn the ysa'me,the inner wall ofy said casing and periphery of said disk forming guides forthe edge ofsaidcoin and said fiat surface form? ing a guiding surface` for the fiat side of said coin. ff V'17. A coin operated device having incombination, a casing having afpairwof cylindrical chambers therein, a shafty secured in each of said chambers and-coaxial there- 'with,ja third shaft adapted-to operatea dispensing mechanism, a member `rotatable on each of said first mentionedshafts andvdisposed in f said chambers respectively, r each having -a periphery formed as a gear,a.gear

secured to'said third shaft and meshing with said gears, each of said members having'a cylindrical chamber therein, said casing having at thefupper side ofV said shafts passages leading into said' chambers respectively y f adapted'to permit coins of one sizefto pass gears. thereon meshmg with said'l first meninto one chamber-and coins of ay different Size to pass into the other chamber, and having openings below said shafts respectively for the exit of said coins, said members having openings therethrough respectively alining with the openings in their respective chambers to permit the passage of a coin thereto, and rotatable means on each of said shafts adapted to engage said coins to press the same against said members to rotate said members, the gear on one of said members having a ratio of one to one with said third gear and the gear on said other member having a ratio to said third gear the same as the ratio of the value of said coins.

18. A coin operated device having in combination, a casing having a cylindrical chamber, a shaft secured to said casing and projecting through said chamber coaXially therewith, a memberfitting in said casing and j ournaled on said shaft adapted to operate a dispensing mechanism, said member having an annular flange at one side substantially engaging the wall of said casing at the front open side thereof, said casing and annular flange having openings therethrough for the passage of a coin, said casing having an open side and said flange having an edge substantially flush With this open side, said member having a flat surface adjacent said flange at right angles to its axis, a disk secured to said shaft having one'side engaging said flat surface, said disk having a periphery spaced from the wall of said flangeand casing and concentric therewith to define a passage for a coin, Ia plate extending across and closing the open side of said casing, and a disk-like member between said plate and said disk having a flange projecting into the annular space be- Y tween the periphery of said disk and the inner side of said flange, said flange having openings at substantially opposite sides to divide the saine into two portions, and means for rotating said last mentioned member whereby a coin may pass through the passages in said casing and first mentioned flange to engage the edge of said disk and can be engaged by the edge of one of the flange portions of said last mentioned member to push the same against the flange of said first mentioned member at one of said passages to rotate the latter and operate the dispensing mechanism.

HENRY OLSEN. 

